Pamela Sears, 51, was seen trying to burn a bag full of paper at an Orlando apartment complex, police said.

Pamela Sears felt the need to explain herself after a police officer found her outside an Orlando apartment with pieces of burnt paper concealed in her left hand, according to an Orlando police report.

"Hi officer, I was just leaving a note for my friend," the 51-year-old woman said as she walked off and dropped bits of ripped paper on the ground.

Officer Frank Sikos didn't buy it. Nevermind that Sears matched the description of a person that was seen trying to start a fire outside the Orlando apartment.

"Stop. Come over here and sit on the curb," Sikos ordered, an arrest affidavit said.

A witness told police that a person wearing gloves was attempting to set a bag full of paper ablaze.

Sikos found the melted bag hung around the door knob of the apartment where he found Sears along with more burnt paper, the report said.

Sears said it was only a prank but was arrested. She gave the officer a false name but Sikos used an electronic fingerprint scanner to identify her.

When Sikos put her in the patrol car cage, she moved about frantically and a plastic bag with crushed blue pill inside appeared on the floorboard. It tested positive as Oxycontin, the report said.

On the way to the Orange County jail, the report said Sears made "spontaneous statements," most of which were unintelligible. She also tried to hide personal items underneath the patrol car seat, police said.

Sears, who has no permanent address, was charged with attempted arson of a dwelling, tampering with evidence, drug possession, providing a false ID to law enforcement and resisting arrest without violence.

She is being held at the Orange County jail on $3,000 bond, records show.